No. 8 Saints Edge Bulldogs 4-3

Canton, N.Y. -
Christin Powers' goal with 7:22 to play proved decisive as No. 8 St. Lawrence beat Yale 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Appleton Arena. The loss snapped Yale's string of six straight conference victories and dropped the Bulldogs into a three-way tie with Dartmouth and Harvard for first place in the ECACHL with 16 points.

The Saints responded emphatically in the second period, outshooting Yale 12-3 and getting three goals in a span of less than four minutes to take the lead. Rebecca Russell scored the first two at even strength, and Laurie Ross' power-play tally with four minutes left in the period gave St. Lawrence (14-3-3, 4-1-1) the lead.

An interference penalty on St. Lawrence' Kate Michael 7:35 into the third ended a brief Saints power play, and when Christina Sharun got out of the box Yale went on the power play at 8:21. Seven seconds later St. Lawrence' Tracy Muzerall went off for interference, and while the Saints were able to deny Yale on the 5-on-3 the Bulldogs finally broke through skating 5-on-4. Savard lifted the puck over Jess Moffat (23 saves) from the high slot to tie the game, assisted by Jenna Spring.

The 3-3 tie lasted only 2:31, however, as Powers intercepted a pass and took it in all alone on goaltender Sarah Love (22 saves), beating her to the far post.

Yale remains winless (0-19-1) in 20 games all-time against St. Lawrence, though three of the last four meetings have been decided by one goal. The Bulldogs make their first-ever trip to Ohio State for a pair of games next weekend. After an off weekend, they resume ECACHL play Jan. 28 at Brown.